Certified Surgical Technologist Job Description
Certified surgical technologist
provides direct and indirect patient care in the field of operating room technology; assists during the surgical procedures; identifies and assures availability of appropriate equipment, instruments and supplies.
Certified Surgical Technologist Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective certified surgical technologist job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included certified surgical technologist job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Assembling both sterile and non-sterile equipment and assuring that the equipment is in proper working condition
Check supplies and equipment needed for surgical procedures
Set up sterile table with instruments, supplies, equipment and medications/solutions needed for procedure
Handle instruments, supplies, and equipment necessary during the surgical procedure, anticipate the needs of the surgeon in providing these, and maintain a sterile environment
May operate suction, diagnostic, and sterilizing equipment, and package specimens to take for laboratory analysis
Help prepare the operating room by setting up surgical instruments and equipment, sterile drapes and sterile solutions
Assemble both sterile and non-sterile equipment, adjust and check it to ensure it is working properly
Responsible for maintain inventory of clinical supplies, medication and equipment
Set patient up for surgery
Maintaining the sterile field between the patient and the Surgical team
Certified Surgical Technologist Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Certified Surgical Technologist
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BCLS, BLS, CST, NBSTSA, CPR, AST
Education for Certified Surgical Technologist
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the certified surgical technologist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Collage Degree in Technical, Surgical Technology, Surgical Technologist, Education, Technology, Associates, Graduate, Professional Communication, Applied Science, Health Care
Skills for Certified Surgical Technologist
Desired skills for certified surgical technologist include:
Name and function of surgical equipment and instrumentation
Emergency situations
Human growth and development
Assessment
Care of patients appropriate to the ages of patients served
Range of treatment
Anatomy & physiology
Medical terminology and microbiology
Equipment
Surgical instruments and specialized equipment
Desired experience for certified surgical technologist includes:
Counting the sponges, needles, and instruments to ensure there are still the same number as before the surgery
Prepping patients for surgery by washing, shaving, and disinfecting incision sites
Transporting patients to the operating room
Helping position them on the operating table, and covering them with sterile surgical drapes
Stocking surgical supplies
Monitoring patients’ vital signs
Certified Surgical Technologist Examples
1
Certified Surgical Technologist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a certified surgical technologist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for certified surgical technologist
- CST handles the equipment, instruments and supplies during surgery protects the sterile area
- Post-operatively follows proper procedures for care of instruments, supplies and equipment
- Sets up room properly for surgical procedures, seeing that all necessary and requested equipment is available
- Ensures that PAR Levels in OR Suite are stocked and equipment is in working order
- Perform technical procedures safely, proficiently, and within scope of practice
- Help in draping sterile field and pass instruments, , to the Surgeon during procedure
- Perform surgical scrub according to policy
- Perform accurate sharp, sponge, and instrument counts at appropriate times with documentation
- Perform appropriate counts with circulator prior to the operation and before incision is closed
- Clean and prepare instruments for terminal sterilization
Qualifications for certified surgical technologist
- Assist in prepping room for the next patient
- Assist with environmental sanitation in the Operating Room suites
- Monitors each case to ensure all infection control measures are met and all sterilization standards are adhered to
- Set up and maintain a sterile field
- Initiate responsibility for care of specimens
- Current national certification as a Certified Surgical Technician with the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
2
Certified Surgical Technologist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a certified surgical technologist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for certified surgical technologist
- Effectively work with sales representatives and coordinates with RN staff, OR management, SPD, Supply Chain, new supplies, equipment, or instruments for approval to trial or purchase
- Must be able to work in an area that is crowded due to equipment necessary to perform the procedure
- At the end of the day, removing all extra equipment, putting away supplies and general tidying of the O.R’s and the department in general
- Assists with the care, preparation, maintenance and after-care of sterile and unsterile supplies and equipment
- Scrubs arms and hands appropriately and dons gown and gloves
- Provide for comfort and safety to the patient during the operation
- Arrange instrument trays, prepare sterile drapes and solutions, and help the surgical team put on caps, gowns, and gloves
- Assist with prep of patients as needed
- Pass instruments to surgeons and surgical assistants
- May assist with sponge, needle, and other supply counts to track materials used in surgery
Qualifications for certified surgical technologist
- Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served
- A minimum of 2 years OR experience required
- Graduate of a recognized and accredited OR Scrub Technologist Program with current Surgical Technologist certification preferred
- Sterile Processing experience preferred
- GI Tech experience preferred
- Prior Experience as an CST in multispecialty areas preferred
3
Certified Surgical Technologist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a certified surgical technologist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for certified surgical technologist
- Keeps current regarding developments in the surgical equipment, trends, and techniques through attendance at in-services or other educational programs
- Clinic responsibilities may include rooming patients, taking vitals, orders, and routing phone calls
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving, and disinfecting incision sites
- Transport patients to the operating room, help position them onto the operating table, and cover them with sterile surgical drapes
- Pass instruments and other sterile supplies to surgeons and surgeon assistants during surgery
- Occasionally help transfer patients to the recovery room after surgery and clean/restock the operating room
- Provide age appropriate communication with all customer groups
- Maintain confidentiality, communicate problems appropriately and handle telephone communications
- Assist in distribution of educational tip sheets and updates in EMR
- Assist in developing staff schedules that provide for full coverage in clinic and OR
Qualifications for certified surgical technologist
- Ability to scrub independently in multiple different services (preferred)
- Experience in adult OR services of complex, General, Ortho, Gyn, ENT, Thoracic, Urology and Plastics procedures
- 6-8 on/call shifts available /month For more information, contact Aureus Medical
- Requires prior operating room experience
- Required- 2 years of surgical technician experience
- Must be graduate of recognized and accredited Operating Room Technician Program
4
Certified Surgical Technologist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of certified surgical technologist. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for certified surgical technologist
- Provide training/precepting to new clinical staff regarding clinic policies and procedures
- Utilizes safe practices
- Prioritizes care
- Ability to communicate well with patients, Teammates, physicians, other members of the healthcare team
- Assumes responsibility for maintaining aseptic technique during surgical procedures, taking steps to correct breaks in technique as appropriate
- Scrubs on all types of operative procedures, providing assistance by passing instruments and sutures and generally anticipating the surgeon's needs and assisting him/her as necessary
- Is flexible in regard to scheduling and cooperates with legitimate requests
- Participates in call rotation as required
- Work collaboratively with surgeons, anesthesiologists, RN circulators, scrub techs, and other surgical personnel in delivering high quality, safe patient care in a cost effective manner
- Be responsible for training and orientation of new staff, resource management, supply management, and maintenance of Preference Cards
Qualifications for certified surgical technologist
- Must have 2 years of experience as a Surgical Technician
- Must have current Surgical Technologist certification
- Job requires standing for prolonged periods
- Completion of an operating room/surgical technologist course and comprehensive orientation is required, (graduation from an accredited surgical technologist program is preferred)
- Previous Surgical Tech experience in an hospital is a requirement
- Graduation from a Certified Surgical Technician/Technologist program plus a minimum of one year intra-operative experience
5
Certified Surgical Technologist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of certified surgical technologist. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for certified surgical technologist
- Set up surgical equipment
- Pick up and receive soiled equipment
- Demonstrates the ability to wash and sterilize equipment when necessary following manufacture's ecommended instructions
- Facilitates the safe and effective conduct of invasive surgical procedures, ensuring that the OR environment is safe, that equipment functions properly and that the operative procedure is conducted under conditions that maximize patient safety
- Communicate effectively and timely with all surgical team members changes and updates within the subspecialty
- Precept and mentor new employees in an effective manner to achieve competent CSTs in the subspecialty
- Works closely with all surgeons
- Must be able work in a high stress area
- Must have accurate hand-eye coordination to assist the physician during cases where threading instrumentation through confined channels is essential
- While building knowledge base, need to also build anticipatory skill to assist the surgeon through cases
Qualifications for certified surgical technologist
- Surgical Technician/Technologist certification upon hire or within 45 days of start date
- 6-8 on/call shifts available /month
- Willing to pay signing-on Bonus and competitive salary for experienced OphthalmologyCertified Surgical Technologist (CST)
- Candidates with equivalent other or at least 6 months of on the job clinical training must have minimum 1 year operating room experience scrubbing on surgical procedures
- Experience scrubbing independently in at least 3 surgical specialties
- Available flexible hours